10% of Montenegrin workers receive a minimum wage

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10% of Montenegrin workers receive a minimum wage

According to the Tax Department of Montenegro, 12.5 thousand Montenegrin workers (10% of all employed) receive a gross salary of 288 euros, which is a net 193 euros. They receive such a salary for 26 working days a month. It is important to note that in Montenegro, a six-day working week.

In the near future, the Social Council of Montenegro should consider raising the minimum wage. This idea is supported by trade unions, local media writes about this.

According to their data, 170 thousand people work in Montenegro. For 140 thousand employees there are deductions to the tax inspection, and 30 thousand are arranged on semi-legal or illegal conditions. Recall that the total population of Montenegro is about 620 thousand people (according to data for 2014).

The cost of the minimum consumer basket in Montenegro is 807 euros. About this we wrote earlier in the article: In Montenegro, the value of the minimum consumer basket

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